Religious Liberty

“With new law, president Evo Morales comes through on his promise of greater religious freedom.” - Christianity Today

The measure “would prohibit civil servants, teachers, nurses, bus drivers, lawyers and other people who interact with the public from wearing religious symbols while at work. It would apply to Sikh turbans, Christian jewelry and Jewish kippahs, but the focus of the controversy has been over hijabs worn by many Muslim women in Quebec.” - Fox

“Shouwang and Early Rain are two high-profile examples of China’s renewed crackdown on unregistered churches, just one part of the Chinese government’s campaign to ‘sinicize’ religion, which means to reshape religion so that it supports the ideology of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).” - World

“[T]he school’s Public Interest Committee unanimously decided not to fund any student working at an organization that they deem to be discriminatory. This includes any organization that upholds the value of biblical marriage and asks the same of its employees.” - Christian Headlines

“The high court opted not to review a Hawaii Court of Appeals decision against a bed and breakfast that declined to rent a room to a same-sex couple. By their refusal, the justices permitted the lower court ruling to stand in their March 18 orders.” - BPNews

In a statement, New York State Assemblyman Sean Ryan ilmplied that Chick-fil-A does not comply with anti-discrimination laws. “In response to the news, the chicken sandwich company released a statement denouncing the ‘inaccurate narrative’ being advanced about them.” - Christian Post

The bill “would prohibit a state agency from adopting ‘any rule, regulation, or policy’ that would burden an occupational license holder’s ‘free exercise of religion’ or ‘freedom of speech regarding a sincerely held religious belief.’..The proposed legislation has been criticized by LGBT rights advocates who claim it will permit discrimination.” - Jurist

“The government, now nationalist rather than Communist, treats the Orthodox Church as a de facto state church.” - National Review

“Congress has failed, to this point, to heed the latest urgent request from a coalition led by the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission to rescind a provision in federal law requiring churches to file tax returns for the first time in American history.” - BP News

“Latest example of immigration officials deploying Scripture to keep former Muslims out of UK comes as Church of England adds an official Farsi liturgy due to demand.” - Christianity Today